Premier Brad Wall asks Saskatchewan Party to stop paying him a stipend

Premier Brad Wall says he asked the Saskatchewan Party to discontinue the practice of paying him a stipend.

Wall had been the last Premier in Canada to get such a stipend, and the NDP had been calling for it to stop.

In a statement, Wall says:

The Saskatchewan Party has had a policy of providing a leader’s allowance dating back to its first elected leader. In part, the allowance was to assist with party-related expenses of the leader as well as a salary supplement.

I supported the policy prior to being a leader and have received the allowance as leader. However, to the extent there are any negative perceptions about what this allowance might imply for the office of Premier, the government, or for the party – I have asked the Party for its complete discontinuation.